Set Reminder2023-04-20 12:00:002023-04-20 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : A Study in Sherlock: The Curious Collection of Robert Hess Part I https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/a-study-in-sherlock-the-curious-collection-of-robert-hess-part-i-21932 This was the first sale from Robert Hess's collection of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle. High spots in every category related to these two subjects included original illustration art, first editions, signed photos, and archives of letters.
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A group of 3 framed prints related to Sherlock Holmes, including: Collier?s Sherlock Holmes print. New York: Collier?s, 1903. Pictorial letterpress page from Collier?s Magazine, depicting a portrait of Doyle above an advertisement for Doyle?s ?The Return of Sherlock Holmes? written especially for Collier?s. Visible area: 365 x 242 mm. Matted, framed, and glazed (frame size: 478 x 375 mm). Text on verso of print partially visible in places. Fine. Not examined out of frame. -- GIANNI, R. D. Digital print on board of Sherlock Holmes on a train. [N.p., n.d.]. Visible size: 401 x 420 mm. Framed (frame size: 443 x 462 mm). This illustration was used for a Sherlock Holmes calendar. -- Modern facsimile of the 1742 manuscript Legend of The Hound of the Baskervilles (the text of this facsimile originally appeared in chapter 2 of The Hound of the Baskervilles, and the entirety of that portion of the chapter appears here). On purposely wrinkled, worn paper with wax seal and ribbon (295 x 393 mm). Mounted, framed and glazed (frame size: 446 x 547 mm). Not examined out of frame. Fine.